COVERS ALL TRADES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 62, 5 March 1902, Page 2

COVERS ALL TRADES.

Necessary and right as it ia that every citizen of Great Biitain aud her i Colonies should know, thoroughly undera'atd,aud study theconstitutiontl < laws of the country in which he liven, | it i° mors nesessary still for him to acquit e a knowledge which will enable him, by being succ s*ful in his profession or buwi'SS 11 he also a succ Sfful and worthy citizen. It is daily becoming more generally understood that our system of business r.nd technical. education is ex remely deficient. I», days, which wo can hardly ctll the dij> ] of old, it was considered that a boy or youth entering business was sufficiently well educated for his work if he wen well acquainted with writing and arithmetic, and had foine knowledge o! business methods nnd hahits. The rest i,f his knowl dg>» which he would re quire to carry out his professional <rj his business du'ies in a competent' manner, and 10 anible l>im ti compete successfully with bis rivals, both at Lome and abroad, he was expected to barn in th« cour-ie of' his business; now, howevor, we realise teat a young man entering on a career of business should be alinost as highly trained for his work as should adtctur or a lawyer. But the difficulty that faces him i* where to obtain that educa ion. To « vary great extent, if not alogether, ii. can be aequir.d by him from the proper use of the proper books; but unfortunately, Dot only are such books exponsivw, bu : ; the young supply of cash is usually only sumciedti to nt et little more thac his daily wants, little more than sufficient to pay for his duly necessities and the pluasures that are equally necessary. There is book, however, t.) which he can turn, fueling I certain that he will find there no", only ( a full account of the special business ir, (which he may be engage J, but of all subjects which may have any direct ; or indirect bearing upon it, and of all j kindred trades, professions, and manuI facture*. It is the " Encyclopedia Britannica," which has been aptly '•.called "a complete library in itself." Through the enterprise of the Daily I I Mail, residents in New Zealand may j, obt-in this most valuable work upon i j exceptional terms.